A/N: I have no ownership of the Prison Break series or characters, I only own my O/C
Chapter 1: Lunch Meat
Fox River Prison was my home, my work, everything in my life. My psychologist said it was ironic that I should have Agoraphobia within prison walls. All I knew was this prison though. My mother would bring me here when she was a secretary for Warden Pope; he hired her the day after he started. Every day I would come to my mother's work until the day she left to go grab lunch and never came back. Warden tells me she died yet others pass on rumors she that is was murder by my brother, Charlie. That's when it became impossible for me to leave. The world gobbled up my mom and it would gobble me up to. I was safe here; nothing bad was going to happen to me here, where I call home.
Naturally, I could not just live in Fox River despite my disease; I had to become an employee. I soon became the first female correctional officer in an all male prison. I was proud of myself. Growing up here as a curious kid made me very aware of all the secrets that Fox River held. I knew everything about all the prisoners, the staff, and buildings.
It could be worse; I could be one of the Agoraphobics that could not stand to be outside, I can be outside as much as I wanted as long as I am in the Prison walls everything is okay. My brother, Charles just recently came to visit me for a while according to the Warden. He stays out of my jurisdiction, but I can visit him as much as I want. My jurisdiction is mostly Gen. Pop., the yard and occasionally the offices depending on how many other C.O's are available. I have a high I.Q, but they say because of my difficult childhood I have the emotional state of a teenager along with a short temper that needs to be managed. My boss Bellick calls me 'short fuse', my friends call me Cage, and Warden just calls me Piper Patoshik. I am not sure how I got so many names for myself, but I do not mind as long as they talk to me.
Today, I get to serve lunch to death row inmates; that should not make me excited, but it does. I'm enticed because that means Bellick is giving me a chance to prove myself. He doesn't like me very much due to the fact I get along with the prisoners to well and even when I don't they respect me more than they do the likes of him. It's not his fault though he didn't grow up with them, he couldn't understand our relationship. He never will either. I think he is giving me this chance so he can just prove to the Warden I'm not cut out for this job as a woman and as an Agoraphobic. He is always trying to make me look bad so I will be fired, I can never tell if he does it because he cares or because he doesn't like the attention I pull away from him. Mr. Westmorland always tells me it's because I shine just a little too bright for such a dark place. Mr. Westmorland also told me to be careful when serving lunch because they do not know me like . does. I just hope they like me.
A new arrival is coming into death row according to the other . His name is Lincoln Burrows I have not met him yet, but I hear he is not very pleasant to the officers. I know that I can do this. Lunch will not be served for another hour that means I have time to talk to Mr. Westmorland and pet his cat. I like talking to Mr. Westmorland he's like the dad I never had and he's my best friend. He tells me what I should do in situations like this, I usually eat lunch with him in the cafeteria so this is going to be a strange day for me.
"Piper they need you to help transfer the new inmate, Burrows. Bellick says he wants you to handle it."
"Why me?! I was just supposed to feed the death row inmates, not be fed to them."
"You know how Brad is. Just get out there and finish it, short fuse."
"Yeah, okay."
That was Paul one of Bellick's errand boys, he came to work just so he can be a part of another scheme to make me lose my job. Paul had a good reason though; I stood him up for a date a while back because I couldn't leave the prison he understood for awhile until I broke up with him to start dating one of the inmates, Tank. He was strong and made me feel safe. He had a long sentence so I knew that we could be together for a while at the very least, he did not love me, and I did not love him either. We are attracted to one another and that is all that counts for now. I should really start heading out there, well here I go. Down the halls until I reach the main doors that lead to the main entrance where vehicles enter for shipments and such. I was scared of those doors. They always gave me a glimpse to the outside, which made me go into a panic; I knew that is why Bellick gave me this assignment. Here I am. Ready for duty.